Safety appliance.



A. BECK.

SAFETY APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED mumz, 1915.

1,148,820. Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

wwwmo ordinary manner are slidably arranged I At the lower end of frame. y, project through an opening f from within specification.

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ters denote 85 NITED STATES ALFRE ncraor New YORKQNQ Y.

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ToaZZ whom z'tmay concern: 3

Be it known that I, ALFRED BECK, a subject of the German Emperor, residing at ueens borough, in the county ofaQueens and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Safety of which the following is a Appliances,

The present invention relates to safety appliances for Windows and has for its object to provide a safety device'for protecting a person against falling through an openwinf dow. In many houses, and particularly in the poorer sections of the city, the windows often are very low, so "that when open accidents frequently happen to women trying to hangout clothes or children playingnear.

the window. r Fixedrallings or gratings arranged across. the window are objectionable, because they obstruct thelight and hinder the cleaning of and repairs to the Window. 7 a

To accomplish my object I provide a safety device whlch is so appliedto the-outside of the window frame, that at the open- 'ing of the lower sash it will beautomatically' swung across the window opening, so as'to form a safety railing or grating and on closing the window it will be lifted into a position in which it will not obstruct, the

To make my invention more clear, the same. is illustratedv in the accompanying drawing in which similar reference charac= corresponding which i I r Figure l is'an outerperspecti-ve View of a window equipped with nay-safety appliance; Fig. 2 is a sideview of the safety appliance and Fig, 3 is an elevation of a modified form of construction of the safety device.

Referring specifically to the drawing a, 6 denote the sashes of the window which in the window frameo. one of the counterweight casement-s of the window, a pinion d isarranged on across spindle e suitably borne in the window The pinion'rl is adapted toslightly the counterweight casement and to mesh with a rack section g fixed to the lower sash b of the window. The forward end of the spindle e projects outwardly, from the win- 7 dow casement and has fixed to it anarmfm. h

Projecting from the outside of the wink dow frame isapin or pivot z, onwhich is SAFETY APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent,

parts, and in I Patented Au 3, 1915.

, Application filed January 14, 1915. Serial Mb. 2,126.

mounted a casting j. of a bell crank lever,rof which one arm j is bifurcated andthe other i is hollow, for 7 mg a cylindrical socket.

Alink]: is pivoted atone end of the arm m and atoits opposite end is hinged to the bifurcated ar y.

The latter is in form I n g g ther'socket'of the arm 7' l st lie 7 lower cylindrical'end of a rod'Z or the like and is-securely held therein by tlon.

Normally, that is, when the lower sash'is closed, the rod line position in which, it will be seen, it extends parallel to the lateral parts of the l Instead of using only a rod Z, a grating Z when in position of use it will cover a large area of'the window opening; 7 a

I To hold the rod or grating from vibrating engages the free end thereof, when in inoperative position. i

a set screw n. Fixed tothe opposite side of the window Z occupies the vertical, full ahook p projecting from the window frame he arm m is fixed to the spindlee by a i set screw 9 which enables the disconnectionof the arm m, so that in case the appliance is not to be used, therotation of the pinion by the sashwill not affect the safety railing. It is, of course, understood that the con comprising a member fulcrumed to the out-' side of-the windowframe and operatively and Window sash, comprising a member fulcrum'ed to the outthe Window frame a pinion operatively connected to said member" and borne in said Window frame and a rack member on said sashadapted to mesh with said pin ion, so thatwhen lifting said'sash thesaid member Will beswung acrossthe Window opening to form a guard.- f j 3: Thecombination With a. Window frame :and; Window sash, of a: safety appliance,

- side, of therwindow frame,

* rack section on: said sash 5 v pinion so that when; lifting said" 'sash the fulcrumed to the out a pinion mounted in said frame, a motion:transmittinglmechani'sm between said pinion "andmember-and a to mesh withsaid comprising a member comprising a safety 'ber carrying said ra1hng,i'ja ,pinion in the I V25,

said member will be swung across the indoW opening to form a guard.

" 4:. The combinatio'nwithia Window frame" andjwindow sash,

railing; a rotary memwindow 7 frame, motion transmitting means between. said pinion and said rotary member and a rack se'ction onthe-said sash tomesh with said piniong 'soqthat when 1i1'iting sa1d sash thesaid member will be swung across" 1 the window opening to i In testimony WhereofI-afii-Xm-y signature in the presence of two 1 ALFBED BECK;

form a guard.

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W itnesses:

"GUSTAVBENDER, JOHN-WOL .washington, 1 c iv of a safety appliance,

ofifthispaiteht may be obtained for ire centsleaehyflby"addressing-"the" Commissioner: of Batents, i 

